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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1891)
EASTERN ITEMS. PERSONAL MENTION. FOREIGN LANDS. PORTLAND MARKET. Forty Kmploypft IHvlinrpi'il I'r.iin tlio San I'miirlxcii .Mini. I.ndj- MiirdonHliI, Wlilnw of llic Cnnndlan l'rumlor, Hniot'il to the I'eeraKe. A Kmuiiio of the Condition of tho Dlf. ferent Department. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. B. Chancey, Publisher, Union, Or. PACIFIC COAST. A Jewish Rabbi Works Foreign Masons. CAUSE OF MOQUI TROUBLES. Tho Cultivation of Now Zealand Homp Being Advocated in South ern California. A mil road from Port Ballona to Santa Monica is contemplated. A mill to grind 1,500 barrels of Hour n day is projected for Spokane. The Tort Townsond V. M. 0. A. lias ruined $000 for their new building. The Seattlo authorities are taking steps to fence in tho Whitechapcl district. Tho Olympia assessment roll for this year is $0,!J84,(J02, against $2,053,420 last year. The cultivation of Now Zealand hemp is being advocated in Southern Cali fornia. Olynipia's harbor needs dredging out, and the Hoard of lrudo is moving to that end. James Bell 1b a claimant against Los Angeles county for the site of the new court house. Mayor Hazard of Toa Angeles has ve toed tho retrenchment ordinance recent ly passed by tho Council. Tho United States Examiner of Mints lias expressed much gratification at the condition of tho Mint at Carson City Tho schooners Mascot and Otto havo sailed from Victoria for Behring Sea. and their captains will run the chances of capture. Portland's citizens' committee! of 100 lias permanently organized to procure purification in politics as lar as possible jiim (icsiruy ring riuu. Tho Italian strikers on tho Groat Northern Railroad line in Idaho havo given ui) their arms, and it is now be lieved tlio trouble will bo easily nettled. Tho ceremony attending tho burial of nineteen victims of the baiuoan disaster nt Mare Island was very impressive. The caisson carrying the remains was liuried in flowers. A petition to tho San Jose Council and Supervisors askB for a franchise to ex tend tho Baden road through Sau Jose to the line of San Benito. This is be lieved to bo in reality tho Santa Fo line. Tho steam collier Willamette will take cargo of supplies from San Francisco for tho German war ships Leipzig, So phie and Alexandrine that sailed about three weeks ago from San Francisco for Iquiquo. O. M. Uradshaw, Collector of Customs for Puget Sound district, is charged with borrowing money from the government. Although he paid it all back, tho oU'ense will probably coet him the loss of his iwsition. Tho Tacoina (Wash.) Wa'or Company has purchased tho Maplewood Springs, which have a daily capacity of 14,000, 000 gallons. They aro nine miles in an air line from tlio city, and water will be piped by gravity. Tho Needles Eye says: Needles has a tandem team now. A tiny burro works in the shafts, and a huge Mojavo squaw in the lead. Thev draw well together, too that is, they draw the attention of everybody in thu neighborhood. It is stated at Los Angeles that com panies are being formed in Arizona and New Mexico who will ship coyote scalps to friends in Culifornia. The County Clerk of Los Angeles has nearly -100 Kcalpa filed, and from ten to twenty are received daily. United States Surveyor Koyal A. Johnson, now at Phuuii'x, A. T.', states that the real cause of the Moqui Indian troubles Is over tho survey of Indian lands recently liegun to establish the Indians on land in severalty. The tribe is divided in favor of the proposition. Tho Masonic lodge of Portland, Or., has Won called upon by lodges at sev eral noiuts in Europe, Asia, Africa and South Amorica to pay debts contracted liy Alexander Uosenpltz, a Jewish rabbi, formerly of Portland, who represents himself aa a thirty-second degree .Mason in good standing. Four arrests havo just been mod for trespass on the Yosoinito Park. They are all sheepmen, ami had moved off the ground when ordered, but thev moved kick again when they thought tlio patrol would not return. In this they were at fault, and they will have to pay for their unxueccsmful dodging of the law, Ex-Justice James II. Wright of Pies rott, A.T., attempted to shoot Adjutant General Gill of Plucnlx, against whom Wright had secured an indictment for libel when Gill was editing a Pluenix in pur. Bystander prevented any tdioot Ing, but so liolsterous did the Judge bo ino that he was taken to jail, lie was muxi fitt lor carrying coneeuieu weapons. MM... C... !.'... ....I...... II. I ..f ll!. .HI. The San Francisco Board of Health has decided not to admit Jung Ming, a Chinct-o consumptive, into the city and county hospital. The attorney held'that, as lliug was a Uxpayer, it was the duty of the board to allow him to enter the hospital, lie will appeal to the Supreme Court by iH'ginning a suit for $ 100,000 damages against tho members of tho Hoard of Health. William O. Grave, one of the Donucr party, vUlted Trnckeo June 21 to make h formal ucmund for the money recently I It. ILV I ..... I 1 I ........ I .1 . .....1 k found bv hdwiird ltevnolilH ami A I.UIIU. 1 110 COIIIH II ro n oounlUHl bv him - - " " - ' f ...... vh i lis lining of tho Hume eharuelcr an lhoo torimtioinil iiliair. The Elbe iitu been buried by his mother in March, 181(1. ! carefully stockwl bv the inswuiatlon Ho went to Domier luko mid Mh, tod that thU year ;U00 big mtliuon weie ml the ol vvhen) Id" inotliur and the ! laUu at llumlniru. "Of ull European fWHiil rdiof mrly eitiiiped on the night ! ruuntriun," uld the iwiMilml.in' Strnre. Imforji lm iviiiceuleil the eolim. It wti Hury In lln iinuiial iwivonliuii nt Berlin very tdoiM to lliu wpot where t,u money three week mm, " (uiriimny t mi n. wijn found. Mr Uravm ujll cwiikiiU li.o Unmed in lUli culture The I'miml other imjii Item oflhe family u .j tl.u tlue, Imwuvvr, U hed fur ahead jHJvMMly ol Initllutliig liful iwvhl w Mil The President issued a proclamation providing for graining a copyright in the United States to citizens or sii'decta of Belgium. France. Great Britain and Switzerland. Secretary Foster baa announced to a Knights of Lab r representative in re garuto tho lalxir trouble at the bureau of engraving and printing that Superin tendent Meredith would not be dis missed. Forty employes in the United States Mint at San Francisco have been dis charged bv Superintendent Diamond Secretary of the Treasury Foster having i ?t i it . . a; . t oniercM mo discontinuance tor nine tho coinage of silver. Assistant Secretary Chandler has di r"cted on tho retort of a sp"cial agent tnit an investigation lo made in the timber land entry of Martin P. Kelly tho San Francisco land district. A tun ber patent was issued to him, but a spe cial agent wlio investigated the case re porta the land to be agricultural, which is corroborated by soverul allidavita hence a rehearing. The Department of Slate has received a cablegram Irom the United Mates .Mm ister at Caracas, conveying the informa tion that tho Congress of Venezuela baa reported favorably to tho reciprocity pro vision oi the tariu oi Jbiiu oi tne uon irrcss of the United htales and has con ferred upon the President of Venezuela full authority to enter with the President of tlio United htates upon a commercial arrangement and put it in operation without further tleJay. The Commissioner of Pensions baa re ceived a number of dispute lies from pen sion agents giving an unexpended bal anco of tho pension funds in their hands at the close of business June 150. All havo not yet reported, but the mdica Hons aro tlio balances will he ahout $, 000.000. " his, added to the amount in the Treasury unexpended, will make $8,000,00;). Under the law tho balance unexpended is turned into the Treasury which will bo done at om-e, and will in crease tho Treasury balance by about $5,000,000. Advices havo been received at the Navy Departmentfrom Admiral Belknap commanding the Asiatic squadron, to the effect that ample precautions havo been taken to protect the foreign settle ments in China; that live gunboats are in tho Yang-ti0'Kiaiig river, and that no trouble ia feared it present. 1 lie report. the Admiral says, of the outbreak near Shanghai had its origin in the maltreat ment of a native bv a policeman at tached to tlio French colony. The police man was spirited away b-fore the day set for his trial to the great exasperation of tlio Chineso, who threatened the French colonists. CABLEGRAMS. IEiimliuis Attiiuk ami I. not .rwiti liootln In ScliiTwIfnlui. Because of tho bad condition ol crops in Russia it is proposed to prohibit tho exportation of corn. Ilavtian advices indicate that Hyppo lite is in danger of asassiuation, the feeling is so strong against mm American agents in Wales are said to be oflenng high wagea to tin-workers. double what they havo been recoiving I. E. Iiott. an Englishman, has in vented a gun that will throw a shot three miles with fifty pounds of dyna mite. Tho famous Cuban bandit, Autura Garcia, is said to have been found doad, witli bullet and stab wounds on his body. General Williams of baccarat notoriety once had an income oi $150,000 a year but association witli royalty has paupor- izeu mm. Consul-Genoral King learns from lead ing champagne houses in Franco that prices will bo higher this autumn, owing to a threatened scarcity ot the vintage. Counterfeiters at New York havo sent out large sums of money for Brazil in imitation ot the paper money recently printed by tho Now York Bank Note Company for the Argontlno. The Gorman foreign oflico attaches considerable importance to tho coming visit of the young King of Soma to the Czar and to the arrangements made to give tlio visit a distinct political signifi cance. a dispatch irom twionos Avres sava that a bloodless revolution has taken place in tlio province of Santiago, and that Senor Dolestoro, tho President, lias been arrested and forced to sign his res ignation, Kibot, French .Minister of Foreign Af fairs, has obtained assurance that the Czar and family will visit Franco's squadron at Oronstadt August 3, and that the Czarowitz, on his return from Siberia, will also visit the ileet. Minister of the Navy Vico-Admiral Saint Bon is producing an excellent im pression in Italy by his energy in en forcing discipline and improving tho standard of the navy. Italy's nvay was never in as good condition 'either as to vessels or men. The chief of the Chilian insurgents, ex-Captain of tlio Chilian Navv George Mount, has notified the American Ad miral at Iquiquo that crews of American vessel ought not to go on shore, as they would run the risk of being assaulted by revolutionary inolw, ltudini in the Italian Chamber of Dep uties declared in emphatic terms that the government would adhere firmly ami stolidly to the Dreibiind, adding' that Italy and Europe might rest assured hat these alliances would lo maintained and F.uropcuu peace would long lie v eserved. 1uig and hearty eheeis followed this declaration, Ex-Hmpress F.ugonle makes it a con dition i if her granting an annuity to Prince Victor and also of her bequest to him of her whole fortune, estimated at over 1,000,000 sterling, that he rupture his present social connections. The ex Kuiprens insists that the Prince must effect k marriage with a member of some reigning family. Gorinany'n Fishery Association, with 17.000 mum torn, bit irmwn into mi In ' " t J imiwi i 4 1 JUt(. i f 1 1 II i Mrs. General Logan De nies the Report SHE IS TO MARRY LEMON. A Scheme on Foot to Transport Entire Population of Icoland lo Alaska. the Logan C. Murray has resigned a Pres ident and Director of the United States National Bank of New York. George C. Gorliam is engaged in com piling tlio private papers of Secretary Stanton, preparatory to writing his life. Farmers are traveling by the score to Mystic, Conn., to get a lo-'k at a grape vine on which a potato vine is growing. The wheat harvest in Oklahoma is al- most complete. The yield is estimated at not less than twenty-live bushels per acre. Mrs. General Logan denies that she ia to marry Pension Attorney Lemon. Gosaip had stated that the marriage ar rangements had been formed. Harvard will nof accept Oxford's chal lenge for a boat rpce on the Thames at IiOiidon. The Hai yard's crow is, of course, out of training and disbanded. Since the beginning of the year twelve New York fire insuraneoeompatiics have gone out of business, and many of those remaining in the field are said'to be los ing money. The Chief Quartermaster of the De partment of the Platte ba been ordered to cut djwn tho civilian forco of em ployes in his department bv a reduction of 25 per cent. The American Bank Note Company. New York, is printing $12,000,000 worth of paper money after the stylo of the American "greenbacks" for President Balmaccda of Chili. Texas bv a rulinir of HsSmiremnfVinrt on the right of railroads to land grants on account of sidings and switchings will recover over o,0lW,0UO acres to which patents had been improperly issued to railroads. A company composed of New York and Southern capitalists lias just been organized, with a capital of $1,000,000, for cultivating a farm of 112,000 acres in Florida. Sugar cane and cocoanuts are the contemplated crops. Tho deplorable condition of the streets of New ork can be inferred from what the Uri7(f says: There aro no aigna an nouncing liroadway as a street closed, but in view ot that tiiorougliiare a con dition there ought to be. The Secretary of Agriculture has re voked Ins order imposing a quarantine ollecting tjiuiadian sheep and Bwine. Sheep and swine may, therefore, be im ported into tho United States from Cnn- ada, subject only to tho regular inspec tion. Tho Bureau of American Republics re ports that estimates of tho Brazilian cof feo crop of 1890-1, now coining in, con tinue to diminish. Tho first estimate was 5,000,000 bags, next 3,500,000, and now it is believed that the crop will not exceed 2,200,000 bags. Hereafter a board of promotions, con sisting of clerks of tho various depart ments in the Postmaster-General's De partment, will inquire into the fitness of clerks for promotion whenever a vacancy occurs. The examinations are to be com petitive, and tho findings will bo reported to tho Postmaster-General. A reign of terror exists among the col ored population of West Philadelphia, who believe that tlio Medical College of the University of Pennsylvania has a paid gang of powerful men whoso busi ness it is to lurk about the streets at night, with hoods and chloroform, and capture negroes for subjects to bo dis- sected bv students. Judgo Gary of the Appellate Court at Chicago has rendered a deci -ion which denies the right of the citv authorities to permit pool-selling or look-inuking uiKiii the race track and not allow it elsewhere. Ho decided that there can he no discrimination, and if the citv insists upon proliibi ing pool rooms ft nni9t stop belting at race trsc'ks. Chairman Smith of the Transinisouri division lias oulered the Atchi-on road to divert to the Uoek Island 000.000 pounds of salt fr-mi the Atchison Kan sas, and tho .Missouri Pa illc to divert 1,570.000 lKUinds to the Rock Island tcliison has applied for a division of the bullion at Pueblo, and Uoek Hand for a division of the bullion at Denver. Ludwig von Dolcke. a noted Icelander. who has been living in Detroit a number of years, is on bin nv to ins natn-i country where he will interv ew the government nuthori ies uon a M-lieme of transporting the entire population of Iceland to AiasKa mid there establish a olony under the government of the United States. It is understood a nun ber of capitalists are backing the scheme. Charles F Steel of Philadelphia is in Washington to urge an investigation of the letting of tho recent contract for making postage stamps. Ho was the lowest bidder by $150,000, but his bid was rejected and tlio contract given without further competition to the American Bank Note Company of New York, on the ground that the building offered bv Mr. Steel could not be made sufficiently fireproof. David Thompson, Chief of the Census li'ireau ot Manufacturers at rhiladel nhia, has made a statement for the pub lic in which he charges that from the beginning of his work there has been a niOHt perMstcut effort on the part of the leading census officials under Mr, Porter to hinder the census work, and that they have resorted at times to many devices unworthy of a department tak ing a complete ceiit-ue. The Chicago City Council, after nn exciting iliMciiHsiuu, bus repealed the or dinance, which riuhcd through the Council two weeks ago, grunting the Chicago and Northern Paclilo rail Mad five mile of riyht-of-way within the elty limit and conferring other privi Uy,, (he money value of which In id hv"l ( m I'li'Timnm. It Uud, Ihuugh, m tiii will have no Hied, (or Tho r liiiuiit-u ha Iwciimu, by incrtii of Henry Irving expects to visit America this summer. Prof. Lcbaron Russell Brigga has as sumed the duti'H of Dean of Harvard College, succeeding Clement I. Smith re signed. Prof. Smith had been Dean since 18S2. The Czarowitz has been a most indus trious student, and is nowoneof the best informed men of his age in Eastern Eu rope. He ia espedally well versed in the higher pciences. F. G. Kelley has resigned from the poatmastersiiip of Centerville, after a service of fifty-two years. The surprising thing is the resignation not the length of service. The King of Ashantee ia allowed 3,3311 wives. Many of them are the daughters of the ciiiefa of tributary tribes over which the King lias jurisdiction, and are Bent to him as hostages. P. T. Hurjmni left a personal estate which inventories $1,58), j09, and 5 per cent, of that sum, less the $1,000 limit, amounts to $'t4,2:J0.05, which the State will get as its share of the sum total. Jonathan Trumbull, the famous Revo honored with a souvenir spoon' bearing lutionary hero oi Uonneetieut, is now his name and statuette of "Brother" Jonathan for its chief decoration. Pierce N. Welch of New Haven is the donor of the proposed new dormitory at Yale. Tho building will cost $180,0)0. Mr. Welch is not a Yale graduate, though interested in tho university. Just now Oliver W'endell Holmes seems to be a favorite topic witli the magazines. The current issues of both Jfarper's and Scrilmer'n contain articles about him and also portraits of him. Archbishop Tasclie, who for two dec ades has been the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Canadian Noitli west and the foremost Canadian prelate, is lying at the point of death at Winni peg". General Butler's "Autobiography and Reminiscences" will be published in French, English ami German; but not more than one language will bo really needed for the General to make himself understood. Hon. Stephen Coleridge, son of fhe English Chief Justice, is an artist of no mean ability, and lias a collections of paintings of the Lake country on exhi bition just now. Kuskin commended some of his landscapes. King Milan recently won $35,000 at baccarat at one sitting." Ho scooped in the Parisian gamblers of tho Cercle de la Rovale in a kingly manner, and would have bad no scruples about clearing out a Iranby-Croft company. As a reward for his services in explor ing the Mackenzie and Yukon river dis tricts in tho far-away Northwest William Ogilvie of the Dmiinion survey lias been awarded the Murchison medal by tho British Royal Geographical Society. John Burns, the British Socialist and lal)or agitator, ia a man of vide reading and great cultivation. I Io was educated at one of the famous English public schools, and was an early and profound student of Ruakin, Carlyle and Adam Smith. Sir Prescott Gardner Hewitt, the emi nent English surgeon who died recently, had been president of tho Royal College of Surgeons for the last fifteen years, and nrevionslv occunied tho chair of humnn anatomy and surgery in that school. At the time of his death lie was one of tho Queen's sergeant-surgeons and surgeon-in-ordinary to tho Prince of Wales. Lady Macdonald, widow of tlio late premier of Canada, Sir John Macdonald, lias been raised to the peerage as an acknowledgement of her husband's long and distinguished public services. The now8 that tho Queen had conferred the peerage on her was received by Lady Macdonald with great pleasure. It is said she will bo called Countess of Earnselifib. Princess Elizabeth of Ratilw defies aristocratic prejudice and confesses her purpose to inary Carl .Miller, a forest keeper. Berlin society is shocked to its foundations, while tlio" father of the dar ing Princess is eompelVd to give hia consent to his d (lighter's marriage to her choice. The old Duke of Uatibor ia head of the houo of Uatibor and Corvy and brother of Prince Hohenlohe, Statt hr.lter of Alsace-Lorraine. CRIME ANDCRIMINALS. An Alilircvliilcil Account of the Weakly DiiIiich or tlio llml. Daniel Burcli, a negro, waa lynched by a mob at Port Gaines, Ga., for attempt ing to outrage the daughter of his em ployer. Tho latent development in tlio Brook lyn tragedy is tliatTiieodore Larbig, who was killed by Darwin Meserole, was heavily insured. J. II. Doane, a well-known clothing dealer of Now Bedford, Mass., lias left town, and it is said lie is u forger to the extent of $lo,000. The jury in the case of Hugh West, charged with the murder of his brother, Major Jo' n West, returned a verdict of not guilty at Raymond, Miss. At Iawrencu, Mass., John Rauscho shot and killed his sweetheart, Mary Burket.aud then killed himself the same way. Jealousy was the cause. Two men who had been arrested near Freeport, Gal., attempted toei-capo while 1 i......i.....r ..i ...... !... 'in... i 1 iiiiiiiiviiiii-ii luuuii-i. no.') nvru urcu upon. One was badly wounded. Char!o9 Bigelow. assistant cashier, and Norman Perry, chief clerk of the Amer ican F.xprebB Company at .St. Ixmis, have been urrested and charged with emliez rlemei.t. John Baker (colored) Bliot and killed his wife at Huntuville, Ala. Ho then mutilated her with a razor in a terrible manner, and cut his own throat. Jeal ousy was tho cause. Hale, who assassinated Mrs. Lottie McDowell and was recently convicted at Merced, Cab, of the crimo, has received a life sentence to Folsom. An appeal will bo made in his case. Clarence Busbee. Assistant Treasurer of the lluena Vista Saddle end liar nous Uompany of !xlngtoii, ya has skipped. The amount u( his nhortage In not known. Ho It a native of North Carolina, where ' lie is said (o lw Highly connected, Chariot Sweeney, formerly n khU, known bancMI Player, and a etmet-car conductor named Leek cume to hlw over a worthier yirl of 16 in San I ran. c)ca, Uwi waa i badly beaten that liu m uqw lyliiK at the point of death, England Annexes An other Island. A GERMAN SPY SENTENCED. The French Senate Accepts July 10 as the Date for the Grain Rate Re duction to Take Efieot The coats in the baccarat case were $350,000. It is proposed to build an underground railway in Paris. Wales reads the American papers to see what they say alwut him. Paris is grumbling alxnit a plague of mosquitoes, due to wet weather. Thu nervest in Austria and Hungary will be below those of late years. An uudeiground railway for lWlin is being discussed by German engineers. Six-hundred-vear-old Switzerland. old est of Republics, will celebrate this year. It is said the Princess of Wales lias never uttered a word of reproach to his Rcyal Highness. The Jewish persecution i exteti'lip" to nil foreigners in Russia, especially to Germans, Poles and Tartars. According to the last census the popu tion of Hamburg is (!22,r3 ), a gain of more than 100.0J0 since 1SS5. The Sultan has prohibited Turkish la dies fnni wearing French costumes in the htreets of Constantinople. It. is stated in Tangier locusts fall in the streets like rain, and the sound of their railing resembles a heavy shower. Dispatches received at Madrid from Manilla say that England has annexed the Island of Sibuyan, which is claimed by Spain. The Marquis of Lrne, who has always been snubbed by the i'lince of Wales and has the Queen's ear, sympathizes with Gumming. The Duke of Kdinburgh, who is said to bo too mean to gamble, laughs at the scrape into which his extravagant brother has got. A commercial treaty with the United States has been signed at Madrid, Spain. It will bo published August 1, and goes into operation September 1. The Tribunal of tho Seine at Pari? has sentenced a German named Schneider to five years' imprisonment for taking photographs of French fortifications. Coal in the province of Almeria in Spain is so dear that there is great re joicing over the discovery of an inferior quality in large vein near Albanchez. The French Senate has accepted the bill of the Chamber of Deputies fixing July 10 as the date upon which the re duction in grain rates will go into ell'ect The Hamburg aiithoritie have de cided to enlarge the dorks at Wiuulralnn The American syndicate that pur chased the Jamaica railway is pushing the work of extending the lines, winch ' H'e intended eventually to encircle the island, as rapidly as the unfavorable conditions of climate and labor permit. The famous old frigate Brooklyn, known as Constitution No. 2, made his toric by Admiral Fnrnigut, whoso flag ship she was in the stormy days before New Orleans and Mobile, has been sold to a Boston junk firm, and will bo burned at once. A storage battery for the running of street cars is being experimented witli in Sioux City, and if successful, a com pany with $1,000,000 capital will be formed. The storage-battery system is Baid to be a saving one to the street-car companies, and besides in tho use of . this system tlio network of wires is done I aw ay witli. ' The committee appointed to inveati- j gate tho charges of conspiracy preferred ! against the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen by tho switchmen's organiza tion in connection with the recent lock-' out of tho latter in the employ of the Northwestern road reported to the Su preme Council of Federation, finding tho Brotherhood guilty. Cardinal Gibbons at Baltimore has re futed tho statements made to the Holy See that tho spiritual condition and needs of tlio foreign-speaking Catholics in tlio United States were not properly provided for. Ho stated that the hier archy of no country in the world are paying more attention to tlio spiritual wants of foreign-born Catholic people than aro the prelates of tho United States. n SPORTING NOTES. Ilent Uncoil lli'L'otnlnir Vorr ill tho Kant, Unpopular John McLean of Australia and Henry Peterson of San Francisco havo been matched to row on the Frazier river near New Westminster, B. C, August 8 for $1,250 a side. Since 1854 Yale and Harvard havo rowed twenty-two races, and up to the recent victory of Harvard each had won fttoV'On limn fill, iifniil i centered upon tho late race. I Heat racea are becoming very unpopu- , lar in the East for the reaeon that thev open the door to fraud and the best horses are not entered for them. It is likely that they will bo entirely aban doned ere long. In tho East a movement is on foot to reduce the size of purses for pugilistic exhibitions, and it is claimed that the days of fortunes being offered for ring contests havo gone by. In th0 future $5,000 or 10,000 is to lo tho limit. Y'.."!1 r,fK'et just completed at Beloit by T. J. Cowles and Frank Shaw representing the new Minnesota Ulr Ietic Club, the Fitrsimnions-Hall i gt of July p will take place under the a V picua iii iiiiu cum in t. ruul. vio m made that the club and not tim coiitenlunU aball Delect the referee. According to u paddock rumor J,k. y UturUun in tu be a lioreo owner again 1I llUS found U lurlnyr n.,.l ...in Li.mi.. tri.....r i. . : " . " r II. f' H Hl'HIUiy HIM! l J'lMiltlMl ip n't! I'iiiimi niuue i.iir.i..,. manag ii.g stable, making cntiic, Hu,j ' wHi'll Hr Ut Inirji.c.a end genially Hill The oppressive weather seems to be beneficial to trade. It makes a great de mand for fruits and vegetables, and other lines fare as well. The fruit dealers have all thev cm at tend to. Cherries, bananas and leni(g are plentiful and sold rapidly. 1 Receipts of strawberries are light, but are fullly equal to the demand. Oranges are high and scarce. The poultry market ia overflooded with stock, and prices aro weak. Produce, I'rult, Ktc. Wheat Walla Walla, $1.45; Valley $1.55 per cental. ' ' Flouu Quote: Standard, $5.25; Walla Walla, $4 75(25.00 per barrel. Oats Quote: 5U55c per bushel. Hay Quote: $1510 per ton. Mii.lstuffs Quote : Bran, $20iis Shorts, $25(320; Ground Barley, $3ur.e 32; Chop Feed, $2520 per ton; Bar ley, $1.201.25 percental. Buttkk Quote : Oregon fancy cream ery, 27)2; fancy dairy, 25c; fair to good, 2022l2c; common. 1517'ai.; California, 22l24c per pound. Ciikksk Quote: Oregon, 1212'cc; California, 12c per pound. Eaua Quote: Oregon, 22lac per dozen; Kastern, 22'gc. Pouirnv Quote: Old Chickens, .fl.Vi 5.t)0; young chickens, $2.504; Ducks, 6.00(y7.00; Geese, nominal, $10 per dozen; Turkeys, 10c per pound. Vkoktabi.es Quote: Cabbage, $1.50 per cental; Cauliflower, $125 per dozen; Onions, lt4c per pound; Beets, $1.50 per sack; Turnips, $1.7o per sacK; roiaioea, oudcvile per cental ; New Potatoes, $1.10 per cental; Tomatoes, $1.50 per lwx; Asparagus, 4(aoc per pound ; Oregon, iu (j15e per pound; Lettuce, 12'ec per das; Green' Peas, o(fl4e per pound; String Beans, 7,'ae per pound ; Rhubarb, 4c per pound; Artichokes, 40c per dozen ; Rad ishes, 10c per dozen bunches; young Onions, 10c per dozen bunches; Cucum bers, 50c per dozen; Carrots, $1.25 per sack. Fhuits Quote: Ixa Angeles Oranges, $2.25(2.50; Riverside, " $5.00; Na vels, per box; Sicily Lemons, $77.50; California, $4.5O0i5 per bos; Apples, $2.50 per box; Bananas, $3.504.00 per bunch ; Pineapples, $.').00 0.00 per dozen; Strawberries, 7w0c per pound ; Cherries, 75e(o!$l .00 per box ; Goosoberries, 44c per pound; Cur rants, 5c per pound; Apricots, $1.00;i 1.23 per box; Raspberries, 0c per pound; Peaches, $1.00 1.25 per box; Blackber ries, 13c per pound; Plums, $1.50 per box. Nuts Quote: California Walnuts, ir,5 12c; Hickory, 8,'so; Brazils, 10llc; Almonds, 10(3 18c; Filberts, l!i14c; Pino Nuts, 1718e; Pecans, 170J18c; Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; PeanutB, 8c per pound. Staple Groceries. Coffkk Quote: Costa Rica, 21 Lc; Rio, 2Jic; Mocha, 30c; Java, 25-2c; Ar buckle's, 100-pound cases, 20'4'o per pound. Suoars Quote : Golden C, 43e ; extra C, 4jgc; dry granulated, 58c; eulj crushed and powdered, G.'c per pound; confectioners' A, 5J4c per pound. cv Sviturs Eastern, in barrels, 47,55c; half barrels, 5058c; in cases, 5580c per gallon; $2.2oa2.50 per keg; Califor nia, in barrels, 40c per gallon ; $2.23 per keg. Beans Quote: Small 'Whites, 334c; Pink, 3c3e; Bayos, 434c: Butter, 4Wc; Limas, 4?4(ft5c per pound. Damn Fruits Quote: Italian Prunes, 10j(fS12e; Petite and German Prunes, 10c per pound; Raisins, $1.75(2.25 per box: Pluinmer-dried Pears. 10(3 lie; sun-dried and factory Plums, llil2c: evaporated Peaches, 1820e; Smyrna Figs, 20c: California Figs. Ac per pound. Rick Quote: $5,500(0.75 per cental. Honkv Quote : 1820c per pound. Salt Quote: Liverpool, flu, lli.50, $17: toek, $11 per ton in carload lots. Cannko Goons (note: Table fruits. $1.75. 2!h; Peaches, $2.50; Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. J.5; Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $202.50; Black lorries, $2.25; Raspberries, 2.75, Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2 40. Pie fruit: Assorted, $1.50 per dozen ; IVaeheMJt $1.05; Plums, $) 25; Blacklierries, l.fe ft per dozen. Vegetables: Com, $1.35 01.(5, according to quality; Tomatoes, $1.15ffi3.50; Sugar Peas, $l.25(?1.60; String Beans, $1.10 perdozen. Fish : Sal mon, ; sardines, 85c(.t$l.(v, lobsters, $' iWtt 3.50 ; ovsters, $l.fi0 3.25 per doeu Condensed milk : Eagle brand, $8.10 ; Crown, $7; Highland. '5.75: Champion, $0.00; Monroe, $0.75 per case. Tlie Jlsul llarlmt. Beef Live, 3l.f3lae: des.eii, 7c Mutton Liu, sheared, 3'ec; dressed, 8c. Hogs Live, On: dree,l, SdiiV. Veal 5(n 0 pur pound. bMOKKI) MKAI'S AXI LAKI Quoto: Eastern Hams, 12 V UV, Oregon, 10's'ic 12cc; -i h" on, l:'(i 3 : oiler vnr eties, SftMlc. Lurd, SU4GJll34c per pound. VEGETABLE PANAGEA PREPARED FRCM ROOTS 8c HERBS, FOR THE CURE OF ANDALL0THER DISEASES U ARISINQ FROM A V" DISORDERED STATE wthc STOMACH OR AN INACTIVE LIVER. ft A IX mi t k t. M a. onureisTs mmi oealebsJi